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l C. FDRSCHNER. Sa`usage,-Stu1fing Machines.

N0.l5l,280, y l Patented May 26,1874.

CHARLES FORSCHNER, OF NIM/V YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAUSAGE-STUFFING MACHINES.

Spccilication forming part-ot' Letters Patent No ll), dated May 2li, 1874; application iiled March 30, 1571i.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAnLns FoRscnNnn, of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sausage-Shifter, oll which the 'Follmving is a speciticatioil:

The nature cil my invention consists in the arrangement ot the gearing which works the piston in such a manner that said piston will be forced downward by a slow motion,`and will be moved upward and withdrawn from the cylinder by a quick motion.

ln the accompanying drawi ng, Figure I rep resents a side elevation, and Fig. ll atop view, ol' a sausage-stutter embodyingl my invention.

l is a rack attached to the piston, tted into the cylinder' A, and guided in a suitable trame, YV, supported through the rods G above the cylinder A. In this frame l a shat't, l), is

supported, turning in suitable bearings, and

provided with a pinion, C, working into the rack B. The shaft D is made to project on one side ot` the frame, and has a gear-wheel, N, fitted to it, capable ot' movin-g backward and forward on the key n, securely fastened to said shaft. In the hub or' this wheel N a lfork, m, attached to a bar, E, is made to work in a suitable groove. The bar E slides in bearings on the frame \V, and is connected to a lever, F, through which this bar E, and consequently the wheel N, may be moved inward or outward, as may be desired. A crankhandle, M, is securely iastencd to said wheel N for the purpose oli' turning the same,'and

' 'fonsequently the shaft D and pinion C, operating thereby the rack B and piston. L is' an upright shaft, supported on the bed-plate of the machine, and in a suitable projection on the 'l'rame NY, and provided on its upper end with a erm-wheel, J, working into the gear-wheel N, when the latter is moved inward in line with said worm-wheel. On the lower end oi" the" shali't L a bevel -wheel,V, is attached, meshing` into a corresponding bevel -wheel, V, fast on a horizontal shalt provided with a crankhandle, S, to operaie the same.

\\'hen the piston is to be raised and moved out ol' the cylinder A, the wheel N is moved away from the worm J, as shown in Fig. l, when the shal't l) can be turned through the handle M with a quick motion, and conse quently the rack l, with its piston, is drawn upward in a speedy manner. Then the piston is to be pressed into the cylinderA to il'orce out the sausage-meat, the wheel N is moved in a line with the worm-wheel J by means ol the lever F operating the rod E, which, as above described, is connected, through its 'l'o rk ym, with the wheel N, as shown in Fig. Il. rlhe crank S is then turned, whereby, through the gearing-wheels V V, the shalt L and worm J arc turned, acting upon the wheel N, so as to turn the shaft D and pinion C, operating thereby the rack B and its piston, to torce the same downward with the proper slow motion.

XV hat I claim as my inventiomand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination ol the bevel-wheels V' V, operated by the crank S, the upright shalt L with worm rT, the wheel N with its rod E and lever F, the shaft D, and pinion C, with the rack B attached to the piston, all constructed and arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

CITAS. FORSCHNER.

Titnesses l'lnNnr E. Rennen, A. E. COLLINS. 

